to appear a strong, warm colour

[GoldfishLord]

glow
​4. [intransitive] to appear a strong, warm colour
(Reference: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/glow_1?q=Glow )

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Question: I'd like to know if the use of the "appear" exactly matches definition 3 of the verb appear at https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/appear?q=Appear

 

[jutfrank]

Re: to appear a strong, worm colour

Definition 3 is the closest one there, yes. When we talk about something's appearance, we're talking about what it looks like to us.

 

[GoldfishLord]

Re: to appear a strong, worm colour

I'd also like to know if the "appear" in the original post exactly means to look like.

 

[jutfrank]

Re: to appear a strong, worm colour

Well, tell us what you think 'look like' means.

This is really not a good question, GoldfishLord. Firstly, words don't generally mean exactly the same as other words, and secondly, we don't know what you mean when you use those words! I used the word 'look like' because I thought it would help you understand, but perhaps I was wrong.

The notion of appearance relates to the visual impression that we have of the world around us. There's usually an implicit contrastive sense that how things 'appear' may not be how they 'really are'. In this case, the word glow describes a certain impression we get when we look at something. There are no such things as strong or warm colours in reality—in fact there are no such things as colours at all. These are all mere phenomenological impressions, experienced by our minds.

 

[GoldfishLord]

Re: to appear a strong, worm colour

I really appreciate your reply.
I think that "to appear a strong, warm colour" means "to look like it is strong- and warm-coloured".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Re: to appear a strong, worm colour

I really appreciate your reply.
I think that "to appear a strong, warm colour" means "to look like it is strong- and warm-coloured".

You're right, but it's not natural in American English. Maybe it's natural in British English.